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Skyline Gondola and Restaurant
47 Reviews For the most spectacular view of Queenstown, visit the Skyline Gondola. This takes you to Bob's Peak, offering a panoramic vista over the entire town and its environs. This is the best thing to see if...
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21 Reviews One of Queenstown's more unusual sights is the underwater observatory. Here, one can see the trout and salmon in the lake, as well as black teals, just off the docks. Also, be sure to read the...
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28 Reviews At Shotover River is known for it's jet boats. I passed on this experience having done it before on a Huka Jet near Huka Falls.This is a fast boat ride in shallow water and the driver comes very close...
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13 Reviews Milford Sound is probably New Zealand's most famous and spectacular place to see. The scenery is breathtaking. Boat rides include a standard scenic cruise, an extended cruise, and even overnight...
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27 Reviews Even if you don't fancy to make a bungy jump, or if you have little time, try to stop here at the new Bungy Centre and have a look around. This is newly rebuilt and nestled into the surrounding rock,...
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11 Reviews Due to its eons upon eons of isolation from the rest of the world, New Zealand has become home to exotic bird species which exist nowhere else. Many are flightless, since before humans they had no...
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9 Reviews Arrowtown was well publicised as ..... New Zealand's only living historic gold mining town , so we decided to go for the short 20 minute drive on a wet day, and check it out. Arrowtown is an old...
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1 Review and 187 Opinions Within stroling distance from the main town. Welcoming and homely. A warm cozey room admist the cold...
2 Reviews Port Chalmers is located on the north shore of Otago harbour and is the deep water port for Otago. A short, 15 minute drive from Dunedin, and we were here! We found a nice lookout here, where my...
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4 Reviews The Octagon is the central "square" [actually and obviously an octagon] in the centre of the city. It is well laid out with a nice covered walkway alongside the road thru the middle. A variety of...
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2 Reviews and 61 Opinions We spent 3 nights staying here. The two rooms we had (1 twin and 1 double) were spacious,...
1 Review and 87 Opinions Brilliantly positioned opposite the lakefront right near the heart of the town, the Moorings contain...
6 Reviews Visit Oamaru for a Penguin evening in the Blue Penguin Colony. Those penguins nest in town close to the harbour. There is a little Blue Penguin Reserve/Visitor Centre. You pay about 8$ entrance. Go...
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5 Reviews If you have the time, go for a walk around the "Original Commercial area of Oamaru." This area is known as.... New Zealand's most complete Victorian Streetscape. with buildings dating from the...
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4 Reviews On the Bushy Beach Road (Ask in visitor centre for map or directions) is a nesting site for Yellow-Eyed Penguins. Go to the watch towers at dusk any see them coming back to feed their chicks. They are...
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When travelling to the south on SH8 most people think they are already in Central Otago when they travel through Canterbury's High Country, the Waitaki basin,...
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Q: Hi, my friend and I are going to tge Otago/ Dunedin are for three months from beginning of July. We are Australian citizens so...
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Visit the beautiful Central Otago region of Zealand's South Island in autumn (April and May here in the Southern Hemisphere) and you could be forgiven for thinking that the references to 'The...
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A Dry Land with Green Hills, Blue Lakes + Penguins
Update July 2008 I had stored so many tips about Dunedin on my Otago page, and I visit the city so often that I have finally decided to dedicate an extra page to this beautiful place. For a start you...
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Otago - Queenstown & Surroundings
My sister visited Queenstown and surrounding areas of the Otago province, New Zealand in Jan 2001 and I visited almost the same places in Mar 2004. I will share with you information from both trips...
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Central Otago,a day trip from Queenstown
From Queenstown it is nice to take a day trip to Central Otago, past Lake Hayes to Arrowtown. Then drive through the vineyards of Central Otago .And then make a final stop at the Kawarau River with......
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